http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/09/10/i-louvre-minneapolis/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:58:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/09/10/i-louvre-minneapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-6455 Erica M Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:55:19 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=2948#comment-6455 That is pretty cool. That is pretty cool.

]]> http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/09/10/i-louvre-minneapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-6450 east-lake.net · I Louvre Minneapolis Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:51:52 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=2948#comment-6450 [...] I Louvre Minneapolis: 62 pieces from the Louvre are coming to Minneapolis next year. Some of these pieces have never been in North America before. That’s pretty exciting. But that’s not even what does it for me. It’s the fact that, according to MIA director Kaywin Feldman, “Part of what convinced the director of the Louvre to work with Minneapolis was the incredible collection that we have, which he knew about, and the generosity of the MIA in lending out our masterpieces to museums in Europe… And he felt it was time for Europe to return the favor to Minneapolis.” [...] [...] I Louvre Minneapolis: 62 pieces from the Louvre are coming to Minneapolis next year. Some of these pieces have never been in North America before. That’s pretty exciting. But that’s not even what does it for me. It’s the fact that, according to MIA director Kaywin Feldman, “Part of what convinced the director of the Louvre to work with Minneapolis was the incredible collection that we have, which he knew about, and the generosity of the MIA in lending out our masterpieces to museums in Europe… And he felt it was time for Europe to return the favor to Minneapolis.” [...]

]]> http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/09/10/i-louvre-minneapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-6449 moe Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:49:15 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=2948#comment-6449 Wow, that's pretty awesome. Wow, that’s pretty awesome.

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